WATCH: Snake interrupts play in Andhra vs Vidarbha Ranji Trophy match

Dixit Bhargav | 09/12/2019
WATCH: Snake interrupts play in Andhra vs Vidarbha Ranji Trophy match

Snake interrupts play in Andhra vs Vidarbha match: Play was interrupted on the first day of the premier tournament due to an unforeseen reason.

During a first round match of the ongoing 86th season of the Ranji Trophy between Andhra and Vidarbha in Vijaywada, a snake played spoilsport as its entry on the ground interrupted play till it was caught and removed from the playing area.

It all happened after Vidarbha captain Faiz Fazal won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first. Once the snake was spotted on t ground, the ground staff was immediately called upon.

The match will go down in history as veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer’s 150th Ranji Trophy match. It is worth mentioning that the 41-year old player has become the first-ever player to play 150 matches in India’s prestigious First-class tournament.

At lunch on Day 1, the home team had scored 87/3 in 32 overs. While Andhra captain Hanuma Vihari has scored his 31st First-class half-century, experienced wicket-keeper batsman Srikar Bharat (22) lost his wicket to spinner Aditya Sarwate post lunch.

Seamer Yash Thakur, who was introduced into the attack as the first-change bowler, has registered bowling figures of 14-4-27-2 to be the pick of the Vidarbha bowlers at the time of writing this article.

Snake interrupts play in Andhra vs Vidarbha

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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